{"id":252,"date":"2020-09-15T00:39:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T00:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/?p=252"},"modified":"2020-11-09T16:08:52","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T16:08:52","slug":"the-man-behind-the-love-bug-virus-and-other-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/15\/the-man-behind-the-love-bug-virus-and-other-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"The man behind the Love Bug virus and other stories."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" src=\"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/volkswagenBugSmall_icon.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/volkswagenBugSmall_icon.png 128w, https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/volkswagenBugSmall_icon-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\"><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is the story of the \u201c20 year hunt for the man behind the Love Bug virus\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Difficulty: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Herbie is not there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q94RHyoQAe\" target=\"_blank\">ow.ly\/MY9y30ra1Vo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n\n\n\n<p>Reports are in that gaming hardware firm Razer accidentally exposed over 100,000 customers\u2019 personal data\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But wait, there\u2019s more: \u201cfor close to a month\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zahPhAQfsd\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ow.ly\/MvYQ30ra1gj<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n\n\n\n<p>The personal data of millions of South Africans that was stolen last year, then reportedly recovered, has had its status updated to \u201cdiscoverable on the internet\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OmyD8WVfpd\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ow.ly\/F27730ra1f4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n\n\n\n<p>Today\u2019s data breach news includes the US Veteran\u2019s Administration and the \u201cpersonal information of roughly 46,000 veterans\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LJr65EyQFO\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ow.ly\/GnRe30ra17u<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"308\" height=\"65\" src=\"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-85\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/logo.jpg 308w, https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/logo-300x63.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\"><figcaption>Custom shop premium web hosting,<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The story of the \u201c20 year hunt for the man behind the Love Bug virus\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Difficulty:<br \/>\nHerbie is not there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":902,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,40,41,42,44,46],"class_list":["post-252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet-news","tag-love-bug","tag-razer","tag-sept15","tag-south-africa","tag-us-veterans-administration","tag-virus"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The man behind the Love Bug virus and other stories. - PingYour.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here is the story of the \u201c20 year hunt for the man behind the Love Bug virus\u201d. 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